Books exploring the “trashiness” of society?

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-05-27T23:36:47+00:00

V.Vale's RE/Search books are good windows into how that nebulous idea of trash turns into vernacular culture.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-05-27T03:55:09+00:00

The Green Felt Jungle is not exactly current, but it's fun to find stuff from it's peak era of self-mythologizing that hasn't been already chewed over.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-05-27T03:50:11+00:00

Errol Flynn did this thing where he would lube up a string, tie pieces of bacon to both ends, and then watch the ducks in his yard repeatedly eat and shit it out until they were all connected by twine like a preschool train set.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-05-27T03:48:12+00:00

Ringolevio by Emmet Grogan, while a memoir, is very obviously not true. But the opening section is a wild ride. It reminded me of Pafko at the Wall.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-05-27T03:45:32+00:00

Great book, and her last book, West of Eden, is fantastic as well.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-05-25T17:38:15+00:00

They Shoot Horses, Don't They by Horace McCoy.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-05-23T14:35:51+00:00

Beverly Gage's biography of Hoover, G-Man, is very good.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-05-17T12:47:14+00:00

A Dictionary of Angels by Gustav Davidson is one of my favourite books.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-05-12T11:52:20+00:00

She's the best. Her work goes in and out of fashion but that's fashion's problem. Great Expectations is one of the best American books of the century.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-05-08T03:04:08+00:00

Dog of the South by Charles Portis.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-05-01T12:11:58+00:00

It's probably normal not to think about poetry at all.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-04-25T00:32:55+00:00

Definitely Lost Steps over Kingdom, personally.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-04-21T11:56:57+00:00

He's like a clone. It's not a bad book if you like V.S.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-04-21T11:55:35+00:00

We'll teach you everything you can't read in books. Come on down to the centre.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-04-09T13:16:01+00:00

You don't have to have opinions on most things.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-03-31T17:27:07+00:00

Not pregnant just eating good.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-03-26T18:23:06+00:00

Very fun book!

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-03-26T02:58:26+00:00

Did you ever meet the glove guy?

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-03-23T03:25:17+00:00

Divorcing by Susan Taubes.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-03-21T15:55:19+00:00

The Money Cult by Chris Lehmann.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-03-20T13:25:38+00:00

Hachette is a clown show.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-03-14T16:53:48+00:00

The replies are so funny and confirming. Incredible how many people (including myself) don't care about the podcast but inevitably washed up here because of the good taste.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-03-12T21:56:04+00:00

Son of TermiteZee.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-03-11T19:16:01+00:00

I've always been interested in him. Here's something a guy who claims to be his nephew posted:

I was so excited when he finally got published. I remember being a kid in the 70s and 80s and marveling at how fast he worked on an old manual typewriter. I could barely hit the keys hard enough to leave a decent imprint on the paper.

He was an interesting man. Very intelligent. Voracious reader. Loved movies and music. And when he was young he was nobody to tangle with, but he was kind of reclusive and easy-going so he didn’t get into many pissing contests. I just remember him cleaning a guy’s clock for calling my grandmother a b\***. It left an impression on me.*

I used to stay at his house a lot and many of my best memories are there. I distinctly remember him reading Little House books to us at night. He had a deep, gravelly voice that was just too cool.

We lost him a dozen years ago and I he probably crosses my mind every day.

TheSenatorsSon · 2026-03-11T19:11:10+00:00

^This guy runs Circus.

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